The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-01-31

Inspector Byrnes made an affidavit
charging Unger with the murder aud ask.
ed that tho prisoner be remauded in order
that the police might secure additional
evidence. He was accordingly remanded
and his son, Edward Unger. it,, who is a
witness against him, was sent to the
House Of Detention. Unger acted in yery
cool and self.possessed manner, betraying
no emotion. :
UNGER's CONFESSION. e.,
low 10 Butchered Bohlo nnd How hs Ship.
ped Him to baltimore.
NEW YORK, Jan. 30.-Edward Unger,
the murder Of August Bohle whose body
was found last week in trunk shipped to
Baltimore made full confession Of the
killing.
Unger was arrested on Saturday last,
and after being short time locked up in
bis cell he was brought before Inspector
Byrnes. In the room Was table on
which bad been placed the hammer with
which Bohle. was killed, thu knife and
saw used to cut up the body ind tho rub.
ber cloth in which the body was pped
after the killing. The chair upon which
Unger seated himself was 90 arranred that
he could SEQ little else in the room save
the bloody weapons. Ho was asked If he
wished to say anything He shook his
head, but suddenly said: "Bohle has gone
to Chicago and will return in few days"
The Inspector was sitting at the table.
He had the bloody hammer in his hand
and carelessly asked Unger what ho
meant by that. But Unger would cav
nothing further then. The sight Of the
instruments on the table seemed not to
affect him and the chief OF the detectives
deemed the man stubborn. Inspector
Byrnes concluded to say no more to him at
the time, but to confront him soon and at
intervals with people be knew, and also
to confront him frequently with evidences
OF the killing.
Ills IDENTITY ESTABLISHED. ~
Mrs. siegel, wife Of the Brooklyn sau.
sage maker, was brought to identify Unger.
He was much surprised to sea her, but
was not allowed to talk. On Friday he
was identified by Mrs. Bensc, the Brook
lyn saloon keepers wife, whose husband
stored the trunk for Unger while the lat.
ter sought an express.
Every time Unyer loft his cell he was
confronted by some evidence Of the crime
Of which, ho was believed 10 DO the author.
A detective watched constantly at the cell
in which Unger was contined, but under
strict orders not to respond il the prisoner
attempted conversation. Friday afternoon
Byrnes took the hammer, cav, knife and
the rubber cloth to Urger'a cell and asked
If he had not aeen them haiore. Unser
WAS startled, hut said he had never before
seen them. Ho wsa taken 10 court and
remanded ard on the way bsck remarked
to Inspsctor Byrnee, "You aro trying to
hang me-"
The trunk With The body arrived from
Baltimore yesterday. The body WAS sent
10 mo.sue. That night Byrnes wont to
Unger's cell and asked him how he felt.
"Pretty well, said he huskilv. Then the
Inspector unlocked tho cs!i door and de.
tective Hickey called Unger into the cor
rldor where the lights wsrs turned low.
The prisoner stepped forth but did not see
the Inspector until the latter cslled him
by name. As he turned he say Byrnes
standing aud poiuting at the trunk which
had held Bohle's dad body.
20 US6ER CAVES. Il
Unger staggered ct the sight and tot
tered towards his cell. Byrnes then took
from the trunk piece Of the murdered
mans coat which had been used to wrap
the body, and holding it before the pris-
oner's eyes asked him where the rest OF
Bohle's coat was. Unger shuddered at the
sight Of the bloodstained garment, and
clasping his hands over bis eyea was
about to fall, when Detective Hickey
caught him aud seated him upon
couch In the corridor. He sat
down upon il, and removing his
hands glanced about him. Suddenly, aud
With startled groan he spraug to his
feet, asking il he could change his seat,
and taking protered chair. The sofa
on which he had been seated was the one
found in Unger's room after his earrest.
unger's faca became phastly pale, and
when assisted to his cell he was almost in
iaintlng condition. Inspector Byrnes
then told Unger he would be near at hand
when he.was ready to talk, and when the
Inspector returned from supper Unger
had asked to see him. Again Unger was
brought to Byrnes' room, where all the
bloody tokens confronted him. F,51 G
,.ll; uNaRR's CONFESSION. y, a. u.
II want to tell the whole truth about the
bualneas," he said to the chief. He then
told this story, which was taken in writ.
ing: II live at No. % Ridge street. I
have known August Bohle since Novem.
Der 1886. I first met him at my saloon
No. p Edridge street, when he called in
to answer to an advertisement which
had put In the Stats Zti.un.g for partner.
We could no. agree upon terms aud I
subsequently gave up the business at that
number. ! went to live at No. % Ridge
street. A short time afterwards August
came to live with me, the arrange.
ment being that he waa to pay me
half the rent, which was s. so per month,
and one.third the household expenses.
On the night OF January Goth, 1887, after
supper, my son Edward left the house leay.
ing Bohle and myself in the rooms. We
remained talking and reading until 9:30.
Bohle was very powerful man and was
awearing about his hard luck. He called
me A.. I told him was mol -,
and put my hand up to shove him away,
! He then struck me on the neck with biz